> The concept of a Unique Selling Point's a new one to you then?
No reason to be an ass, Dr. Spock.
> Not comparing apples with apples there - could he have sold 'em with a
> customisation of an existing CMS to do the same stuff, investing less
> coding work to do the customisation than coding from scratch?
If you go back to my original post, I was bringing up this topic to
discuss the merits of hand-rolling vs. customization. I have heard
lots of opinions on both sides. And at this point, though I am
itching to write something of my own (CMS or otherwise) I have decided
to explore the world of opensource CMS, probably Drupal. I have a
half dozen websites to do and I gotta get them done fairly quick.
> Also, I would suggest that if the clients understood what they were
> getting, then they would have been very concerned about vendor lock-in
> for ongoing support.
I agree. I have had this happen before.
I thank you all for your comments. Its been interesting.